Ontario Science centre

About Ontario Science Centre

When the Ontario Science Centre first opened in 1969 it became renowned throughout the world for it's hands on approach to science. While most museums feature passive exhibits, the Ontario Science Centre had a strong emphasis on interactive 'hands-on' exhibits and live demonstrations. The Ontario Science Centre has attracted over 35 million visitors since it's opening in September 1969. The Science Centre markets their innovative exhibits and expertise internationally, from Trinidad to Turkey to Thailand.

In 1996, the province's first OMNIMAX theatre opened at the Science Centre. The addition of the Shoppers Drug Mart  OMNIMAX . Theatre is a major component of a revitalization project that includes the introduction of new permanent exhibits, restaurant and banquet facilities, as well as a new glass-walled public entrance. The Centre has hundreds of exhibits throughout, many of them interactive. Exhibits include astronomy, nature, geology, human anatomy, music and more. Traveling exhibits are also hosted providing new things for visitors to see and explore. Outside the Science Centre there is an aquatic fountain that is also the largest outdoor hydraulophone in the world. This is played by placing your fingers over small openings to block the flow of water which produces a sound similar to that of a pipe organ. Access to this feature is free 24 hours a day. The Ontario Science Centre is a great place for a family visit rain or shine.

Operation Hours

Ontario Science Centre is open year around, 7 days a week only closed on 25^th December.

Mon to Fri                          10 am – 4 pm

Weekends & holidays        10 am – 5 pm

Admission Fees

	Science centre only	IMAX Film only	Science centre + IMAX Film
Adult(18- 64)	$20	$13	$28
Youth(13-17) Students(with ID) Seniors(65+)	$16	$9	$22
Child(4-12)	$13	$9	$19
Infant(3& under)	Free	Free	Free

Collingwood & Wasaga beach Attraction

Things You Can Do at Collingwood Attractions:

The old, picturesque town of Collingwood, is rightly coined a premier ranking tourist destination. The many Collingwood attractions has earned the approval of outdoor lovers and wandering tourists. Located at on the southern tip of Georgian Bay, at the foot of Blue Mountain, the small town has the advantage of having both pristine beaches and magnificent ski hills. Blue mountain, being Ontario’s highest ski hill, is one of the most visited Collingwood attractions.If you’re into snow sports like skiing and snowboarding, you may want to check the many different ski resorts at Blue Mountain and explore the exciting downhill slopes. The Blue Mountain Inn is a large, modern lodge that has its own halfpipes for snowboarding aficionados. Talisman Mountain Resort offers a Snowboarding playground and trails.

If snow sports are not your thing, you can go on nature trips – biking and hiking. The Scenic Caves offers countless nature adventures including their Eco Adventure tour and of course the famous scenic caves themselves. 


If you want to immerse yourself in nature, there are a several trails in Collingwood that offer breathtaking sceneries and abundant wildlife. The Georgian Trail provides access to dining, retail and accommodations. If you want a more laid back, leisure activity there are a number of Collingwood attractions you can visit. Why not try the museum, Harbourlands Park, Springwell Farm or Shipbuilder’s Park.

For budding photographers and professionals alike, Collingwood offers photographic tours of Historic Houses. You are sure to fill your heart’s desire with the magnificent heritage sites and rustic structures. Abandoned dwellings of the early settlers in Grey County and Simcoe are a staple in the tour.

If you’re after water sports, you can go boating and swimming in the beautiful beaches of Collingwood. If you want to tag the kids along, Plunge! Aquatic Center is the perfect place for water fun! This water park has it all – hot tubs, outdoor pools and indoor pools with a play area for the kids complete with rope swings, jumping platforms and winding slides.

Collingwood is also home to numerous golf clubs. Raven Golf Club at Lora Bay is premiere club with a 7,200-yard championship layout. If you’re an outdoor lover, you definitely can’t go wrong with Collingwood. Attractions, events, sports, you name it and Collingwood has it.

Other Attractions in Collingwood & Wasaga beach :

Blue Mountain

In the winter as popular Collingwood ski destination. In summer take the gondola, or enjoy the tube rides, children's water play areas, children's dry playground, golf, climbing walls and Euro Bungee .

Nancy Island Museum

This Wasaga Beach museum displays the original hull of the schooner HMS Nancy, which was sunk by the British Commander in the Nottawasaga River in 1814 to avoid a superior American force. The museum offers regular tours daily, special events and evening programs which take place around a campfire.

Scenic Caves

Scenic Caves Nature Adventures on top of Blue Mountain near Collingwood, Ontario. Outdoor adventures. Hike through a 200 year old forest, explore the caves and crevasse located on the Niagara Escarpment. Ontario's longest Suspension foot bridge, mini-golf and gemstone mining. Eco Adventure guided tour offering tree top canopy walk and zip cable gliding. Winter activities include cross country trails groomed for classic and skate skiing, snowshoeing trails, and the suspension bridge.

Ski Collingwood

Ski Collingwood, serving Blue Mountain, Intrawest Village, The Town of The Blue Mountains and the Town of Collingwood. This is where we play on Georgian Bay in summer and on the hills and trails of Collingwood Ski Country in winter. For accommodation, entertainment, restaurants, tourist information, weather and alpine and cross country ski and boarding conditions.

Wasaga Beaches

14-kilometre, safe sandy beach on Georgian Bay attracts thousands every summer. So do the park’s other features: hiking and cross-country ski trails through sand dunes or pine-oak forest; a historic site that tells Wasaga’s colourful naval history; jazz concerts and military re-enactments.

Wasaga Beach Paintball Adventure

Enjoy the exciting, safe sport of paintball on 60-acres of rolling wooded terrain. Playing field site rated the best paintball in Canada. Top notch equipment. Safety is our main concern. Open April to November, groups welcome, call for reservations.

Wasaga Beach Rounds Ranch

Rounds Ranch is located on County Road 92, 8 km East of Wasaga Beach and 4 km West of Elmvale. Seasonal activities include an Easter Egg Hunt in the early spring, summer fun in our Western Playground and Adventure Cornfield Maze, our famous Pumpkin Mania in the fall and horsedrawn sleigh rides in the winter.

Canada Wonderland

About Wonderland

Canada’s Wonderland is Canada’s first and largest premier theme park. The park is 330-acres (1.3 km) in area located in Vaughan, Ontario. Canada’s wonderland is open seasonally from May to October and featuring over  200 attractions including over 65 rides, North-America largest variety of roller coasters, splash works, and a 20 acre-water park. The park attracting more than 3 million guests annually and employs over 4,000 seasonal employees and 160 year-round employees. Canada’s Wonderland opened to the public on May 23, 1981. The park was formerly known as Paramount Canada’s Wonderland from 1994 to 2006 when it was owned by Paramount Parks. It sold to Cedar Fair in 2007 and was rename back to its original name of Canada’s Wonderland. It was designed by Landscape Architects Richard Strong and Associates and structurally engineered by O.T. Baggio and Associates Professional Engineers. Canada’s Wonderland was the most attended seasonal theme park in North America in 2005 and 2006. Notably, with 15 roller coasters, the park holds the record for the most roller coasters in one park outside of the United States.

Highlight of different attraction in wonderland:

•     WindSeeker: WindSeeker, a 301 ft. swing ride, swinging riders at a 45-degree angle at speeds up to 50 km per hour.
•   Behemoth : Canada’s biggest, fastest and tallest roller coaster towering at 230ft., reaching speeds of 129km/h in 3.9seconds.
•    Time Warp :  Canada's only flying coaster - enjoy the thrills of a roller coaster while experiencing the sensation of flying.
•     Planet Snoopy: The Park’s new children’s area featuring brand new rides, reinvented classics, and a cast of lovable Peanut’s characters.
•      Splash Work : a 20-acre water park     
•     Flight Deck : Canada's only inverted looping jet coaster simulates flight with speeds of 90km/h, exhilarating 90-degree vertical climbs and barrel rolls.
•     Dinosaurs Alive : Dinosaurs Alive at Canada’s Wonderland features more than 40 life-sized dinosaurs in a 7-acre outdoor Jurassic themed environment.

•     Leviathan : The Leviathan will be vying for a coveted title in the race of world’s largest, fastest, & steeped thrill rides, which will stand 93.3 metres and accelerate up to 148 km/h when completed, is set to debut in this May.

    

 Hours of Operation:

·     Open in mid May to August from 10 am to 10 pm on weekdays and 10 am to 11 pm on weekends.

·         In September & October month only open on Weekends from 10 am to 11 pm.

 Admission Fees :

	One Day Pass - Gate Price	One Day Pass - Online Purchase
Junior (Under 48" Tall) and Seniors (60+)	$50.99	$33.99
All others over 48" tall	$56.99	$39.99

For more information Visits on this Website : http://www.canadaswonderland.com/

Black Creek Pioneer Village

About Black Creek Pioneer Village

Black Creek is a working village, established in south central Ontario between the 1790s and the 1860s. At Black Creek you are invited to experience Ontario’s rich rural heritage  escape from modern world. Black Creek Pioneer Village was opened in 1960 by the Metropolitan Toronto and Region Conservation Authority as a living tribute to the Toronto area’s pioneering roots, Black Creek Pioneer Village boasts a telling history of its own. Today, Black Creek Pioneer Village offers you a memorable journey into the past – into the way people lived before cars, digital technology and the dominance of urban culture separated them from the land.

Creek Pioneer Village consists of 40 buildings dating from the mid-19th century. Many of these buildings are considered to be amongst the oldest in Toronto. Inside several of the buildings have historical interpreters or artisans, usually in period costume, who will show you how a 19th century printing press worked or how to horseshoes are made. The enthusiasm of these people and felt that it gave Black creek a lot of historical environment.

Black Creek is not large in terms of area, when compared to some of the other "outdoor" museums, but it provides a chance to people to know about historical Canadian culture. The village had all kinds of encampments where colonial soldiers and camp followers were living much as they did back in the late 18th century. The combination of all these like wood smoke , freshly baked bread & apple cider in the air, the soft clop of a clydesdale’s hooves, or the friendly “hello” of the shopkeeper, make the magic of the past in the environment of a black creek village is  still alive.

Hours of Operation

The Village is open every day including holidays from May 1st to Dec 23rd.

                                              Weekdays                        Weekends

March Break 10-18              10:00 am to 4:30 pm         11:00 am to 4:30 pm

May – June                           9:30 am to 4:30 pm        11:00 am to 5 :00 pm

July to Labour day               10:00 am to 5:00 pm         10:00 am to 5:00 pm

Admission Fees

Adults        $13

Children     $9

                            (plus taxes)

1000 Islands Canada

The 1000 Islands  region embraces a 50-mile stretch of the St Lawrence river, in between Toronto and Montreal, near to Lake Ontario. 1000 Islands  designated as World biosphere Reserve UNECSO in 2002 under the name of Frontenac Arch Biosphere Reserve. 1000 Islands international bridge was opened in 1938 by Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King and President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the 1000 Islands International  Bridge  as a symbol of the goodwill and alliance between the U.S. and Canada. It provides easy passage between the two countries linking I-81 in New York and Highway 401 in Ontario. It touches down on a series of islands and crosses the international border between American Wellesley Island and Canadian Hill Island where several island communities and parks are located. It is a great place to view the spectacular scenery and the massive cargo freighters on their voyage from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes.

Things to do in 1000 Islands

It’s a tranquil area of woods, water and islands offering a wealth of outdoor activities from cycling and fishing to Kayaking and hiking. A variety of new and exciting opportunities await you along the 1000 Islands Parkway. Boating enthusiasts will enjoy the many services available in the hamlets of Rockport and Ivy Lea. The local waters are great for scuba diving or take a scenic boat tour of the 1000 Islands. On water, cruise the 1000 Islands aboard the Rockport Boat Line in Rockport, or Gananoque Boat Lines (also in Gananoque) docking at Ivy Lea.

On land, explore the natural beauty of the Gardens at Landon Bay, cycle along the paved bike path, visit the parks at Brown’s Bay and Mallory town Landing or enjoy one of many scheduled artist colony tours. See for miles and miles from 400 feet high atop the 1000 Islands Skydeck on Hill Island.

Services, lodging and camping facilities can be found all along the Parkway. The scenery is simply spectacular with panoramic views of the St. Lawrence along most of the 1000 Islands Parkway—stop and take it in.

Other Attractions

·         1000 Island charity casino

·         1000 Island national park

·         Fort Henry in Kingston

·         Upper Canada Village

·         Fort Wellington

·         Brockville Museum

·         Brockville art centre

·         Athens murals

·         Fulford place a national historic site

·         Bear the Tinker

·         Rockport Boat line

·         Upper Canada bird sanctuary

Toronto Zoo

The Toronto Zoo is located near the beautiful Rouge Valley in the northeast corner of the city. The main Entrance is located on Meadowvale Road, Toronto, north of Highway 401(Exit# 389 eastbound and westbound).

A  trip to the zoo makes any day special; but a day spent at the amazing Toronto Zoo is one you will never forget. One of the largest zoos in the world, there are more than 5000 animals representing just over 450 species at the Toronto Zoo. The Toronto Zoo is also famous for its zoological conservations and providing natural and large habitats to animals. It has become critical centre for zoological and ecological research and creating mass awareness on grave environmental and zoological issues. It is a great place to see and learn how to take care of the animals. The Toronto Zoo is the first in North America to group the animals according to their geographic origin. The Zoo is divided into six major sections which include Indo-Malaya, Africa, Americas, Australasia, Eurasia and Canadian domain. In August 2009, the new 10-acre Tundra Trek was officially opened for public.

In Indo-Malaya Pavilion the major animals are Lion-tailed macaque, Great Indian rhino, Himalayan tahr, Malayan tapir, White handed gibbon, Sumatran orangutan, Sumatran tiger and Clouded leopard. Others popular exhibits that kids enjoy in this pavilion are aquarium featuring fresh water fishes, Cute turtles and colourful birds and butterflies in malayan wood pavilion.

The African Pavilion is biggest of all the sections and divided into two distinct sub- section, African Rainforest Pavilion , and African Savanna Pavilion. In African Rain forest Pavilion  major attraction is Western lowland gorilla exhibit, which is the largest indoor gorilla habitation in the world.In Africa Savanna Pavilion is one of favourite pavilion and this award winning pavilion features African elephant, cheetah, Masai giraffe, River hippopotamus, African lion, White rhino, Zebra, Ostrich, Olive baboon, South African fur seal and much more.

The Canadian Domain give native enivornment  to many north american animals that include American elk, American moose, Arctic wolf, Canadian lynx, Cougar, Grizzly bear and Musk ox.

The American Pavilion showcase the wide varities of amphibians, reptiles, insects and fishes. It is a great place to see amphibian creatures like Arrow poison frog, Colorado river toad, Surinam toad, Green frog, Blue poison dart frog, Dying poison dart frog and many more. The major reptiles includes American alligator, Eyelash viper, Granite spiny lizard, Midland painted turtle, Snapping turtle, Spotted turtle, Tiger rat snake, Reticulate gila monster, American chuckwalla.

At the 10 acre Tundra Trek , where visitors get a taste of the far north with Arctic animals including Polar bear, Reindeer, Arctic wolf, Snow goose, Snowy owl and Arctic fox. You can enjoy the polar bears doing various funny activities like playing with balls, eating carrots, swimming and taking a deep plunge into the water.

The Australasian Pavilion includes animals from the Australian mainland, as well as few nearby islands. The Great Barrier Reef is a real show stopper and features Sea horses, a live Coral andJellyfish tank, Lion fish, Bamboo sharks. The other species of animals this area include Yabbys, Komodo dragons, Thorny devil stick insects, a variety of Australian reptiles, kangaroos, wallabies, emus, Southern hairy-nosed wombats, Kookaburras, Red-tailed black cockatoos, Matschie's tree kangaroos.

The Eurasia is the oldest part of the Zoo. This pavilion showcases various animals like Red panda, Siberian tiger, Snow leopard, Bactrian camel, Barbary apes, Barbary sheep, Przewalski's wild horse, Wisent (European bison), West Caucasian tur, Yak and Asiatic wild dog.

Other Attraction of Toronto Zoo

•          Zellers Discovery Zone
•          Zoo Rides
•          Pony Ride
•         Camel Ride
•         Zoofari Stimulator

 Hours of Operation

Jan 01 - Mar 11 : 9.30am to 4.30pm

Mar 12 - May 21 : 9.00am to 6.00pm

May 22 - Sep 06 : 9.00am to 7.30pm

Sep 07 - Oct 11 : 9.00am to 6.00pm

Oct 12 - Dec 31 : 9.30am to 4.30pm

Zoo close only on 25^th December.

Admission Fees

Child 3 and under: Free

Child (4-12): $11.50

General (13-64): $20.35

Seniors (65+): $15.04

                            (plus Taxes).